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| Pat Burns |
In two seasons as Devils head coach, Burns was 89-45-22. He only missed the playoffs once as a head coach.
Burns left the Devils after his cancer diagnosis, and died five years later.
He has been eligible for the Hall of Fame since 2007 -- and it somehow took seven years for him to finally get in. But it’s better late than never.
“It's a great day for me and my family,” Lynn Burns, Pat's widow, told the Hockey Hall website). “I’m speechless and tremendously happy. Pat would be proud and this is well-deserved.”
Also elected to the Hall were players Dominik Hasek, Peter Forsberg, Mike Modano, Rob Blake and referee Bill McCreary.
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